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Patriot EP Pro 32 GB SDXC/SDHC Card Review

Testing:

To test Patriot's 32GB Class 10 UHS-I SDHC/SDXC card, I will run a series of benchmarks to provide as accurate a representation of its performance as possible. Flash Memory Toolkit and SiSoft Sandra will both be used to measure access times and to benchmark read and write speeds in various circumstances. Remember that FMT and Sandra are, however, synthetic benchmarks. To gauge real-world performance, I will also use a set of compressed files of various sizes to measure write speeds under typical usage. These compressed files correspond to those that are used in our product reviews that use the WinRAR benchmark. Let's begin!

The first benchmark will use the low level benchmark from Flash Memory Toolkit 2.0. Higher read/write speeds and lower access times are better.

Low-level Benchmark:

Wow. Not that it's totally unexpected since this is the only card capable of breaking the USB 2.0 speed barrier... but wow. The Patriot EP Pro really shows its colors here with a clean sweep. It completely destroys all of the comparison cards in the bandwidth benchmarks and is very competitive in terms of access times as well.